Freshly Chopped has announced the opening of the first Freshly Chopped in mainland UK. The new store in Manchester is the 60th Freshly Chopped and follows new outlets opening in Drogheda and Cavan since the start of 2019.

The new company owned store is located in Piccadilly Plaza and suppliers include Johnson’s Coffee, Antrim and Sanam’s Sweetcakes, a local Manchester bakery that provides vegan, gluten free and dairy free treats. The new outlet will also see Cork’s Rebel Chilli introduced to the UK.

Speaking at the opening, Co-founder and Managing Director of Freshly Chopped, Brian Lee said, "We see this first store as a pilot to learn more about the market and assess how Brexit impacts on the sector before committing to opening more stores in England. We will be very careful and deliberate with our rollout strategy and we have created a new supply chain that we think is Brexit proofed to deliver the same experience that our customers in Ireland have come to love."

He added, "There is a vast demand in the British market for healthy fast food and we have been inundated with requests to open in Britain over the last six years, both from Irish people living abroad and British people who have seen what we have been offering in Ireland."

Source: www.businessworld.ie